Maharashtra Government on Wednesday announced the stamp duty amnesty scheme whereby property purchasers who did not pay stamp duty on purchase agreements can regularise the sale by paying duty with a nominal penalty. Under the scheme, flat-owners who ..
The Centre's anxiety to push through the controversial Sethusamudram Shipping Canal project was apparently visible when it urged the Supreme Court to hear its plea for vacating the interim order on "Rama Setu" within a restricted time-frame."The argu ..
A bill to enhance the amount of compensation to victims of air accidents or for damages caused to baggage or cargo, bringing it on par with the global level, was adopted by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.The Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, tabled last ..
The Supreme Court has held Tata Teleservices 'Walky' and Reliance Communication's 'Unlimited Cordless' as limited mobile phones; hence they are liable to pay Access Deficit Charge to BSNL for interconnection.A bench headed by Justice H S Kapadia, whi ..
Proviso to Section 9(3) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 provides that in the case of non-transport vehicle, the licensing authority may exempt the applicant from the test of competence to drive a vehicle, if he/she possesses a driving certificate iss ..
The Supreme Court has directed Tata Motors Ltd to replace a defective car and pay Rs 3,000 as compensation to the purchaser of the vehicle.A bench headed by Justice B N Agarwal dismissed the Tata Motors' petition and asked the company to replace the ..
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Citizens unhappy with the performance of an elected government should vote it out of power rather than rushing to a court which "is not a remedy for all evils," the Supreme Court said today."This is democracy where elections ar ..
Appu Ghar, an amusement park in the Capital which was closed last month may make a comeback with a new address.The DDA on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that an application filed by the amusement park authorities for an alternative site was unde ..
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday moved to the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a single judge's order which stayed the Acting Director's decision to permit a former ad-hoc registrar to rejoin duty.Filing a petition ..
The Supreme Court has dismissed the contempt petition filed against the Ansal brothers, owners of Uphaar Cinema by the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AUVT).A bench of Justices P P Naolekar and V S Sirpurkar dismissed the petition on Wednes ..